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Published by 

JAMES A. ROSE, 

Secretary of State. 


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 

RECEIVED 

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DIVISION OF DOCUMENTS. 


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CONGKESSIONAL. 


1. Apportions State into twenty-five con¬ 
gressional districts. 


g 3. “Wards” defined, 
g 4. Repeal. 

Approved May 13,1901. 


g 2. Number of Representatives in Con¬ 
gress.—When elected. 


An Act to apportion the State of Illinois into twenty-five Con¬ 
gressional districts and to establish the same, and to provide for 
the election of Representatives therein, and to repeal an act therein 
named. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: That the State of Illinois be, 
and the same is hereby, apportioned into twenty-five Congressional 
districts, and that the same are hereby established and shall be re¬ 
spectively composed as herein set forth, to-wit: 

The First district shall be composed of the First ward, the Second 
ward, that part of the Third ward east of the center line of Stewart 
avenue, that part of the Fourth ward lying east of the center line of 
Halsted street, that part of the Sixth ward north of the center line of 
Forty-third street, all in the city of Chicago. 

The Second district shall be composed of that part of the Sixth 
ward south of the center line of Forty-third street, the Seventh ward, 
the Eighth ward, and the Thirty-third ward, in the city of Chicago. 

The Third district shall be composed of the towns of Lemont, 
Palos, Worth, Orland, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, Bloom and Calumet 
in Cook county, and that part of the Twenty-ninth ward south of the 
center line of Fifty-first street, that part of the Thirtieth ward south 
of the center line of Fifty-first street, the Thirty-first ward and the 
Thirty-second ward, in the city of Chicago. 

The Fourth district shall be composed of that part of the Third 
ward lying west of the center line of Stewart avenue, that part of the 
Fourth ward lying west of the center line of Halsted street, the Fifth 
ward, that part of the Eleventh ward south of the center line of 
Twenty-second street, that part of the Twelfth ward lying south of 
the center line of Twenty-second street, that part of the Twenty-ninth 
ward north of the center line of Fifty-first street, and that part of 
the Thirtieth ward north of the center line of Fifty-first street, in 
the city of Chicago. 

The Fifth district shall be composed of the Ninth ward, the Tenth 
ward, that part of the Eleventh ward north of the center line of 
Twenty-second street, and that part of the Twelfth ward north of 
the center line of Twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago. 




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The Sixth district shall be composed of the towns of Proviso, 
Cicero, Riverside, Stickney and Lyons in Cook county, and the 
Thirteenth ward, the Twentieth ward, the Thirty-fourth ward, and 
that part of the Thirty-fifth ward south of the south line of the right 
of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, in the 
city of Chicago. 

The Seventh district shall be composed of the towns of Hanover, 
Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Maine, Leyden, Barrington, Palatine, 
Wheeling and Norwood Park in Cook county, the Fourteenth ward, 
that part of the Fifteenth ward west of the center line of Robey 
street, the Twenty-seventh ward, the Twenty-eighth ward, and that 
part of the Thirty-fifth ward north of the south line of the right of 
way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, in the city 
of Chicago. 

The Eighth district shall be composed of that part of the Fifteenth 
ward east of the center line of Robey street, the Sixteenth ward, the 
Seventeenth ward, the Eighteenth ward and the Nineteenth ward, in 
the city of Chicago. 

The Ninth district shall be composed of the Twenty-first ward, the 
Twenty-second ward, that part of the Twenty-third ward east of the 
center line of Halsted street, and that part of the Twenty-fifth ward 
south of the center line of Graceland avenue, in the city of Chicago. 

The Tenth district shall be composed of that part of the Twenty- 
third ward west of the center line of Halsted street, the Twenty- 
fourth ward, that part of the Twenty-fifth ward north of the center 
line of Graceland avenue and the Twenty-sixth ward, in the city of 
Chicago, also the towns of Evanston, Niles, New Trier and North- 
field, in Cook county, and the county of Lake. 

The Eleventh district shall be composed of the counties of Du- 
Page, Kane, McHenry and Will. 

The Twelfth district shall be composed of the counties of Boone, 
HeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle and Winnebago. 

The Thirteenth district shall be composed of the counties of Car- 
roll, JoDaviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson and Whiteside. 

The Fourteenth district shall be composed of the counties of Han¬ 
cock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and Warren. 

The Fifteenth district shall be composed of the counties of Adams, 
Fulton, Henry, Knox and Schuyler. 

The Sixteenth district shall be composed of the counties of Bureau, 
Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark and Tazewell. 

The Seventeenth district shall be composed of the counties of 
Ford, Livingston, Logan, McLean and Woodford. 

The Eighteenth district shall be composed of the counties of Clark, 
Cumberland, Edgar, Iroquois, Kankakee and Vermilion. 

The Nineteenth district shall be composed of the counties of 
Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby and 
Piatt. 


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The Twentieth district shall be composed of the counties of Brown, 
Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Pike and 
Scott. 

The Twenty-first district shall be composed of the counties of 
Christian, Macoupin, Montgomery and Sangamon. 

The Twenty-second district shall be composed of the counties of 
Bond, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair and Washington. 

The Twenty-third district shall be composed of the counties of 
Clinton, Crawford, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, 
Marion, Richland and Wabash. 

The Twenty-fourth district shall be composed of the counties of 
Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, 
Saline, Wayne and White. 

The Twenty-fifth district shall be composed of the counties of 
Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, Union and 
Williamson. 

§ 2. One representative to the Congress of the United States shall 
be elected in each of the districts before enumerated on the Tuesday 
after the first Monday of November in the year of our Lord one 
thousand nine hundred and two (1902), and one in each of said dis¬ 
tricts every two years thereafter; such election shall be held, and the 
returns thereof made and canvassed, in the manner provided by law. 

§ 3. Whenever the words “ward” or “wards,” in the city of Chi¬ 
cago, are used in this act, they shall be construed as meaning the 
wards as existing in said city at the time of the passage of this act. 

§ 4. An act entitled, “An act to apportion the State of Illinois 
into twenty-two Congressional districts, and establish the same, and 
provide for the election of representatives therein,” approved June 
9, 1893, in force July 1, 1893, is hereby repealed. 

Approved May 13, 1901. 


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SENATOKIAL. 


g 1. Apportions State into fifty-one senato¬ 
rial districts. 

g 2. Declines "ward,” "street,” "avenue” 
and "boulevard” as used in this act. 

An Act to apportion the State of Illinois into Senatorial districts, 

and to repeal certain acts therein named. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly : That until the taking and 
return of the next Federal census and the apportionment thereunder, 
as provided in the Constitution, the State of Illinois shall be divided 
into Senatorial districts, each of which shall be entitled to one Sen¬ 
ator and three Representatives, as follows, to-wit: 

First—The First and Second wards in the city of Chicago, in the 
county of Cook, shall constitute the first district. 

Second—That part of the Eleventh ward lying north of the center 
line of Sixteenth street; that part of the Twelfth ward lying north of 
the center line of Sixteenth street and east of the center line of Cali¬ 
fornia avenue, and the Twentieth ward in the city of Chicago, in the 
county of Cook, shall constitute the Second district. 

Third—The Third ward, that part of the Fourth ward lying east of 
the center line of Halsted street, and that part of the Fifth ward 
bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Thirty-third 
street and Union avenue, and running south along the center line of 
Union avenue to the centerline of Thirty fifth street, thence running 
east along the center line of Thirty-fifth street to the center line of 
Parnell avenue, thence running north along the center line of Parnell 
avenue to the center line of Thirty-third street, thence running west 
along the center line of Thirty-third street to the place of beginning, 
and that part of the Sixth ward lying north of the center line of 
Forty-third street, said center line being extended easterly to Lake 
Michigan, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall con¬ 
stitute the Third district. 

Fourth—The Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth wards, and that part of 
the Thirty-first ward lying north of the center line of Fifty-seventh 
place and east of the east line of the right of way of the Chicago, 
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, in the city of Chicago, 
in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Fourth district. 


§ 3. Repeal. 
Approved May 10,1901. 





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Fifth—The Sixth ward, except that part thereof lying north of the 
center line of Forty-third street, said center line being extended 
easterly to Lake Michigan, and the Seventh ward, except that part 
thereof lying south of the center line of Sixty-third street, said cen¬ 
ter line being extended easterly to Lake Michigan, and east of the 
center line of Cottage Grove avenue, in the city of Chicago, in the 
county of Cook, shall constitute the Fifth district. 

Sixth—The Twenty-fourth ward, that part of the Twenty-fifth 
ward lying north of the center line of Devon avenue, that part of 
the Twenty-third ward lying west of the center line of Halsted 
street, and the Twenty-sixth ward in the city of Chicago; also 
all that part of the town of Evanston lying outside of the city of 
Chicago, and those parts of the towns of Niles and New Trier lying 
within the city of Evanston, all in the county of Cook, shall consti¬ 
tute the Sixth district. 

Seventh—The towns of Thornton, Bloom, Rich, Bremen, Orland, 
Lemorit, Palos, Worth, Lyons, Stickney,*Proviso, Leyden, Elk Grove, 
Schaumberg, Hanover, Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Northfield, 
that part of the town of New Trier lying outside of the city of Evans¬ 
ton, that part of the town of Niles lying outside of the city of Chi¬ 
cago and outside of the city of Evanston, and those parts of the 
towns of Norwood Park and Maine lying outside of the city of Chi¬ 
cago, all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Seventh district. 

Eighth—The counties of Lake, McHenry and Boone shall consti¬ 
tute the Eighth district. 

Ninth—That part of the Fourth ward lying west of the center line 
of Halsted street, the Fifth ward, except that part bounded as fol¬ 
lows: Beginning at the intersection of Thirty-third street and 
Union avenue and running along the center line of Union avenue to 
the center line of Thirty-fifth street, thence running east along the 
center line of Thirty-fifth street to the center line of Parnell avenue, 
thence running north along the center line of Parnell avenue to the 
center line of Thirty-third street, thence running west along the 
center line of Thirty-third street to the place of beginning, and that 
part of the Twelfth ward lying south and east of a line beginning at 
the intersection of Hoyne avenue and Sixteenth street and running 
west along the center line of Sixteenth street to the center line of Cali¬ 
fornia avenue, thence running south along the center line of Califor¬ 
nia avenue to the north line of the right of way of the Chicago, 
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, thence running in a 
southwesterly direction along said north line of the right of way of 
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to the cen¬ 
ter line to Clifton Park avenue, thence running south along the 
center line of Clifton Park avenue to the center line of Twenty-fourth 
street, thence running west along the center line of Twenty-fourth 
street to the center line of Central Park avenue, and thence running 
south along the center line of Central Park avenue to the Illinois 
and Michigan canal, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, 
shall constitute the Ninth district. 


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Tenth—The counties of Ogle and Winnebago shall constitute the 
Tenth district. 

Eleventh—The Thirty-first ward, except that part thereof lying 
north of the center line of Fifty-seventh place and east of the east 
line of the right of way of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail¬ 
way Company, and the Thirty-second ward, in the city of Chicago, 
in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Eleventh district. 

Twelfth—The counties of Stephenson, JoDaviess and Carroll shall 
constitute the Twelfth district. 

Thirteenth—That part of the Seventh ward lying south of the cen¬ 
ter line of Sixty-third street, said center line being extended easterly 
to Lake Michigan and east of the center line of Cottage Grove 
avenue, the Eighth and Thirty-third wards, in the city of Chicago, 
and that part of the town of Calumet lying outside of the city of 
Chicago, all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Thirteenth 
district. 

Fourteenth—The counties of Kane and Kendall shall constitute the 
Fourteenth district. 

Fifteenth—The Ninth ward, except that part thereof lying north 
and west of a line beginning at the intersection of Morgan and 
Fourteenth streets and running east along the center line of Four¬ 
teenth street to the center line of Johnson street, thence running 
north along the center line of Johnson street to the center line of 
Maxwell street, and thence running east along the center line of 
Maxwell street to the south branch of the Chicago river, the Tenth 
ward, except that part thereof lying north and west of a line begin¬ 
ning at the intersection of Laflin and Sixteenth streets and running 
east along the center line of Sixteenth street to the center line of 
Throop street, thence north along the center line of Throop street to 
the center line of Fourteenth street, and thence running east along 
the center line of Fourteenth street to the center line of Morgan 
street, and that part of the Eleventh ward lying south of the center 
line of Sixteenth street, in the city of Chicago, in the county of 
Cook, shall constitute the Fifteenth district. 

Sixteenth—The counties of Marshall, Putnam, Livingston and 
Woodford shall constitute the Sixteenth district. 

Seventeenth—That part of the Ninth ward lying north and west of 
a line beginning at the intersection of Morgan and Fourteenth 
streets and running east along the center line of Fourteenth street to 
the center line of Johnson street, thence running north along the 
center line of Johnson street to the center line of Maxwell street, and 
thence running east along the center line of Maxwell street to the 
south branch of the Chicago river, that part of the Tenth ward lying 
north and west of a line beginning at the intersection of Laflin and 
Sixteenth streets and running east on the center line of Sixteenth 
street to the center line of Throop street, thence running north 
along the center line of Throop street to the center line of Fourteenth 
street, and thence running east along the center line of Fourteenth 


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street to the center line of Morgan street, and the Nineteenth ward, 
in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the 
Seventeenth district. 

Eighteenth—The county of Peoria shall constitute the Eighteenth 
district. 

Nineteenth—That part of the Twelfth ward lying north and west 
of a line beginning at the intersection of Twelfth street and Cali¬ 
fornia avenue and running south along the center line of California 
avenue to the north line of the right of way of the Chicago, Burling¬ 
ton & Quincy Railroad company, and thence running in a southwest¬ 
erly direction along said north line of the said right of way to the 
center line of Clifton Park avenue, the Thirteenth and the Thirty- 
fourth wards, in the city of Chicago, that part of the the town of 
Cicero lying south of the center line of Twelfth street, and the town 
of Riverside, all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Nine¬ 
teenth district. 

Twentieth—The counties of Kankakee, Grundy and Iroquois shall 
constitute the Twentieth district. 

Twenty-first—The Fourteenth ward, that part of the Seventeenth 
ward lying south of a line beginning at the intersection of Ashland 
avenue and Augusta street and running thence east along the center 
line of Augusta street to the center line of Holt street, thence running 
south along the center line of Holt street to the center line of Cor¬ 
nell street, thence running east along the center line of Cornell street 
to the center line of Milwaukee avenue, thence running southeasterly 
along the center line of Milwaukee avenue to the center line of Green 
street, and thence south along the center line of Green street to the 
center line of Kinzie street, and that part of the Thirty-fifth ward 
lying south of a line beginning at the intersection of Chicago avenue 
and Homan avenue and running thence west along the center line of 
Chicago avenue to the center line of Park avenue, thence south along 
the center line of Park avenue to the center line of Lake street, and 
thence running west along the center line of Lake street to the cen¬ 
ter line of Austin avenue, in the city of Chicago, in the county of 
Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-first district. 

Twenty-second—The counties of Vermilion and Edgar shall con¬ 
stitute the Twenty-second district. 

Twenty-third—The Fifteenth ward, that part of the Sixteenth 
ward, bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of North 
avenue and Ashland avenue and running west on the center line of 
North avenue to the center line of Robey street, thence running 
south along the center line of Robey street to the center line of Di¬ 
vision street, thence running east along the center line of Division 
street to the center line of Ashland avenue, thence running north 
along the center line of Ashland avenue to the place of beginning, 
that part of the Thirty-fifth ward lying north of a line beginning at 
the intersection of Kedzie and Chicago avenues and running west 
along the center line of Chicago avenue to the center line of Park 
avenue, thence running south along the center line of Park avenue 
to the center line of Lake street, and thence running west along the 
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center line of Lake street to the center line of Austin avenue, in the 
city of Chicago, and that part of the town of Cicero lying north of 
the center line of Twelfth street, all in the county of Cook, shall 
constitute the Twenty-third district. 

Twenty-fourth—The counties of Champaign, Piatt and Moultrie 
shall constitute the Twenty-fourth district. 

Twenty-fifth—The Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eight wards in the 
city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty- 
fifth district. 

Twenty-sixth—The counties of McLean and Ford shall constitute 
the Twenty-sixth district. 

Twenty-seventh—The Sixteenth ward, except that part bounded 
as follows: Beginning at the intersection or North avenue and Ash¬ 
land avenue, and running west on the center line of North avenue to 
the center line of Robey street, thence running south along the cen¬ 
ter line of Robey street to the center line of Division street, thence 
running east along the center line of Division street to the center 
line of Ashland avenue, thence running north along the center line 
of Ashland avenue to the place of beginning, that part of the 
Seventeenth ward bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersec¬ 
tion of Ashland avenue and Division street and running south along 
the center line of Ashland avenue to the center line of Augusta 
street, thence running east along the center line of Augusta street to 
the center line of Holt street, thence running south along the center 
line of Holt street to the center line of Cornell street, thence running 
east along the center line of Cornell street to the center line of Mil¬ 
waukee avenue, thence running southeast along the center line of 
Milwaukee avenue to the center line of Green street, thence running 
south along the center line of Green street to the center line of 
Kinzie street, thence running east along the center line of Kinzie 
street to the north branch of the Chicago river, thence running 
northwest along the north branch of the Chicago river to the center 
line of Division street, thence running west along the center line of 
Division street to the place of beginning, and the eighteenth ward, 
in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the 
Twenty-seventh district. 

Twenty-eighth—The counties of Logan, DeWitt and Macon shall 
constitute the Twenty-eighth district. 

Twenty-ninth—The Twenty-first ward, except that part thereof 
lying north of a line beginning at the intersection of Goethe and 
Sedgwick streets and running east along the center line of Goethe 
street to the center line of State street, thence running north along 
the cejiter line of State street to the center line of Schiller street, 
and thence running along the center line of Schiller street to Lako 
Michigan, and the Twenty-second ward, except that part thereof 
lying west of the center line of Halsted street, and except that part 
of said ward lying north and west of a line beginning at the intersec¬ 
tion of North avenue and Sedgwick street and running south along 
the center line of Sedgwick street to the center line of Sigel street,, 
thence running west along the center line of Sigel street to the cen- 


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ter line of Cleveland avenue, thence running south along the center 
line of Cleveland avenue to the center line of Clybourn avenue, 
thence running in a northwesterly direction along the center line of 
Clybourn avenue to the center line of Larrabee street, thence run¬ 
ning south along the center line of Larrabee street to the center line 
of Division street, and thence west along the center line of Division 
street to the center line of Halsted street, in the city of Chicago, in 
the county of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-ninth district. 

Thirtieth—The counties of Tazewell, Mason, Menard, Cass, Brown 
and Schuyler shall constitute the Thirtieth district. 

Thirty-first—That part of the Twenty-first ward lying north of a 
line beginning at the intersection of Goethe and Sedgwick streets 
and running east along the center line of Goethe street to the center 
line of State street, thence running north along the center line of 
State street to the center line of Schiller street, and thence running 
east along the center line of Schiller street to Lake Michigan, all 
that part of the Twenty-second ward lying west of the center line 
of Halsted street and that part of the Twenty-second ward lying 
east of the center line of Halsted street and north of a line beginning 
at the intersection of Halsted and Division streets and running east 
along the center line of Division street to the center line of Larrabee 
street, thence running north along the center line of Larrabee street 
to the center line of Clybourn avenue, thence running in a south¬ 
easterly direction along the center line of Clybourn avenue to the 
center line of Cleveland avenue, thence running north along the 
center line of Cleveland avenue to the center line of Sigel street, and 
thence running east along the center line of Sigel street to the 
center line of Sedgwick street, that part of the Twenty-third ward 
lying east of the center line of Halsted street, and that part of the 
Twenty-fifth ward lying south of the center line of Devon avenue, 
all in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the 
Thirty-first district. 

Thirty-second—The counties of McDonough, Hancock and War¬ 
ren shall constitute the Thirty-second district. 

Thirty-third—The counties of Bock Island, Mercer and Henderson 
shall constitute the Thirty-third district. 

Thirty-fourth—The counties of Douglas, Coles and Clark shall 
constitute the Thirty-fourth district. 

Thirty-fifth—The counties of Whiteside, Lee and DeKalb shall 
constitute the Thirty-fifth district. 

Thirty-sixth—The counties of Scott, Calhoun, Pike and Adams 
shall constitute the Thirty-sixth district. 

Thirty-seventh—The counties of Henry, Bureau and Stark shall 
constitute the Thirty-seventh district. 

Thirty-eighth—The counties of Greene, Montgomery, Jersey and 
Macoupin shall constitute the Thirty-eighth district. 

Thirty-ninth—The county of LaSalle shall constitute the Thirty- 
ninth district. 


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Fortieth—The counties or Christian, ^ - — 

berland shall constitute the Fortieth district. 

Forty-first—The counties of DuPage and Will shall constitute 
the Forty-first district. 

Forty-second—The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay and Effing¬ 
ham shall constitute the Forty-second district. 


Forty-third—The counties of Knox and Fulton shall constitute the 
Forty-third district. 

Forty-fourth—The counties of Washington, Randolph, Perry, 
Monroe and Jackson shall constitute the Forty-fourth district. 

Forty-fifth—The counties of Morgan and Sangamon shall consti¬ 
tute the Forty-fifth district. 


Forty-sixth—The counties of Jefferson, Wayne, Richland and 
Jasper shall constitute the Forty-sixth district. 

Forty-seventh—The counties of Madison and Bond shall consti¬ 
tute the Forty-seventh district. 

Forty-eighth—The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Edwards, 
Wabash, Lawrence and Crawford shall constitute the Forty-eighth 
district. 


Forty-ninth—The county of St. Clair shall constit ite the Forty- 
ninth district. 


Fiftieth—The counties of Franklin, Williamson, Union, Alexander 
and Pulaski shall constitute the Fiftieth district. 

Fifty-first—The counties of Hamilton, Saline, Pope, Johnson and 
Massac shall constitute the Fifty-first district. 

Section 2. Wherever the words “ward” or “wards,” or “street” or 
“streets,” or “avenue” or “avenues,” or “boulevard” or “boulevards,” 
and all other boundary lines of whatever name or description, in the 
city of Chicago, are used in this act, they shall be construed as mean¬ 
ing the ward or wards, and street or streets, and avenue or avenues, 
and boulevard or boulevards, or other proper description, as existing 
in the said city at the time of the passage of this act. 

Section 'S. An act entitled, “An act to apportion the State of Illi¬ 
nois into Senatorial districts, and to repeal certain acts therein 
named,” approved June 15, 1893, in force July 1, 1893, and an act 
entitled, “An act to amend Sections one (1) and two (2) of an act 
to apportion the State of Illinois into Senatorial districts, and to re¬ 
peal certain acts therein named,” approved January 11, 1898, in 
force July 1, 1898, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict here¬ 
with are hereby repealed. 

Approved May 10, 1901. 


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